ʼăguddâh — H92

Definition

feminine noun

a band, bundle, knot, or arch

1. band, binding
1. cords, bands, thongs (metaphorical of slavery)
2. bunch of hyssop
3. band of men, troops
4. vault (of the heavens), firmament (binding earth to the heavens)

Usually translated as

troop, bunch, burden

Origin

feminine passive participle of an unused root (meaning to bind)

Greek equivalents

• désmē (G1197)
• epangelía (G1860)

Occurrences

ʼăguddâh occurs 4 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Exodus (1), 2 Samuel (1), Isaiah (1), Amos (1)

• Exodus 12:22 — And ye shall take a bunch (אֲגֻדַּ֣ת) of hyssop, and dip it in the blood that is in the bason, and strike the lintel and the two side posts with the blood that is in the bason; and none of you shall go out at the door of his house until the morning.
• 2 Samuel 2:25 — And the children of Benjamin gathered themselves together after Abner, and became one troop (לַאֲגֻדָּ֣ה), and stood on the top of an hill.
• Isaiah 58:6 — Is not this the fast that I have chosen? to loose the bands of wickedness, to undo the heavy burdens (אֲגֻדּ֣וֹת), and to let the oppressed go free, and that ye break every yoke?
• Amos 9:6 — It is he that buildeth his stories in the heaven, and hath founded his troop (וַאֲגֻדָּת֖וֹ) in the earth; he that calleth for the waters of the sea, and poureth them out upon the face of the earth: The LORD is his name.